Chapter 414: What is the Emperor going to do?

Liu Yanyuan got a good errand to distribute rewards, went down to the court, took a carriage, and went straight to the outer city, where the garment factory is located, there have been tens of thousands of cotton clothes made, waiting for him to give an order, drive to Gansu, Ningxia Town, think about the 800,000 sets of cotton clothes in his hand, Liu Yanyuan felt happy, as an official, can make some achievements, it is not easy, it is not easy to do something worth saying, these 800,000 sets of cotton clothes, it is indeed a commendable thing, These 800,000 pieces are understandable even if they claim to be millions of cotton clothes, and millions of pieces, think about it, what an incredible number......

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On an elegantly decorated teahouse, it seems very quiet, and several men who look quite official are leisurely drinking tea in this teahouse.

Drinking tea in the teahouse, in the north, far less popular than in the south, the north is more accustomed to the restaurant, however, since the legend can meet the emperor of the micro-service in the teahouse, this teahouse has become popular all of a sudden, many places have sprung up teahouses and teahouses, there are noble and elegant decorations, and there are also pictures of personal popularity, anyway, the large and small teahouses in the Beijing division are considered to be three steps and one hall, five steps and one floor, quite popular.

In this elegantly decorated teahouse, it is very quiet, except for a few men drinking tea, there is no one else, these people, all old, the youngest is also in his forties, the elderly, goosebumps. If you have an understanding of officialdom, you will find that these people are not simple, they are all ministers of the court.

"What do you think of today?" A voice suddenly asked.

"The four million taels of silver?" A man who was by the window, looking outside, answered, and turned back as he spoke.

"Yes and no." The man who had just asked took a sip of tea and said casually.

"If you want to talk about these four million taels of silver, you can only say that Your Majesty is so generous," replied the man standing by ......the window.

"Hmph, four million taels of silver, Your Majesty is willing to take it out and share it, it's really unexpected" The man who was sipping tea just now snorted and said.

"How many people know where the money comes from?" The old man sitting in the middle suddenly interjected with a smile.

"Lord Zhang, didn't you get this silver from those nobles?" The man standing by the window asked.

"Hehe, yes, one million taels of them are the dividends of Liulizhai, and three million taels are the silver of those nobles who are shares, the name of this, hehe, Your Majesty's plan is not small, hehehe......" The old man surnamed Zhang, with a hint of complexity in his eyes, said with a smile.

"The hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, this is the foundation of people, Your Majesty is a good means, you can see it very accurately, ala......s, the way of the world is going to change...... "The man who was just sitting with a sip of tea sighed.

There was silence in the tea room for a while.

"Liu Yanyuan, this kid is lucky, he got such a good errand today, he did a good job, let him do it alone, look, this newspaper, I have to publicize him on the front page......" The person standing in front of the window opened the curtain and looked outside, it had been a long time, and he suddenly sighed.

"Hehe, Master Li, don't envy Liu Yanyuan, he is a member of the imperial party, Your Majesty has good things, so naturally he has to take care of him, tsk, 800,000 sets of cotton clothes are going to be sent out like this, this favor, this face is sold, the surname Liu, I'm afraid that I will die in the future......" Another man drinking tea next to him interjected.

"Hmph...... scatter money to win the hearts of the people, and issue military uniforms to win the hearts of the army, what is Your Majesty going to do? To be ......, alas...... I don't know how the young rope was taught, and he actually taught such a strange majesty, it really ......" An old man who had been sitting on the side suddenly said quite dissatisfied, I wanted to say that word, but when the word came to my mouth, it retracted again, this word is not a good word, as soon as it comes out, if it comes true, I don't know how many people have fallen to the ground.

"The adults still whispered, so as not to have ears on the wall, now this Jinyiwei and Dongchang are as ostentatious as before, but I heard that the ability is ...... better than before, not to mention anything else, just say that now on the grassland, who is following the Tartars, who is really following me Daming, they are all clearly divided, and they have the final say in the bloodbath, and now the grassland is a bloody storm I don't know how many méng ancients died because of them, hehe, adults still don't think they are ...... than before, hehe......" The man standing by the window smiled and reminded the person who had spoken disrespectfully. ,

The person who was dissatisfied just now did not give up because of the warning of others, and instead said: "I believe everyone knows the meaning of so-and-so, don't you have any opinions?" Let Your Majesty mess around like this? Is this still the world of the Ming Dynasty? The old man said with a look of disdain and anger.

"Alas, I can't say that, I think my Majesty is the best of genius, peerless, and the things he has done, although they are often incredible, but they are all wise moves, and it is not an exagger......ation to say that it is a saint who comes out once in five hundred years, not to mention that His Majesty is not yet the crown, so if it goes on, a Zhongxing rule can be expected, and a prosperous era can be expected......" The old man surnamed Zhang, who was sitting in the middle, suddenly said, his tone was full of emotion, full of pity and helplessness and contradictions.

"Hmph......, a saint who comes out once in 500 years? Don't forget, what did the holy monarch do two hundred years ago, hum, you want to try what it's like to peel the skin and fill the grass, look at what Your Majesty is doing now, cutting power and castration, training the new army, collecting military power, and earning money to raise the army, and now it has come to the point of issuing silver to buy the hearts of the people, contacting the nobles, and rewarding the hearts of the army, hum, isn't this obvious, will there be a big move? Hmph, although Your Majesty is smart, but what you do is not to hide from other people's eyes, I think, you can enjoy a handful of peeling and filling grass What kind of ......, the old man made it clear here, Your Majesty wants to be a single husband...... " The old man suddenly opened the bottom and said something that made everyone present tremble.

Everything about the emperor is basically transparent, living in a high-profile Forbidden City, what secrets there are can't be kept, as long as you have the heart and are willing to figure it out, you will figure out a lot of things.

The words of this old man made everyone present lower their heads and pretend not to hear it, just bury it in their hearts, it is not good to say it, and if it is not good, it will even be regarded as a great rebellion. However, what the old man said was also the truth, and all kinds of signs showed that the emperor's movements were getting bigger and bigger, and there were quite bad signs, and this kind of signs were quite dangerous.

The people present didn't think they heard, and the one leaning against the window turned their eyes on the street, and many of the people on the street were running out of the city, and when they could see the gods, they suddenly said: "The world is bustling for profit, and the world is bustling for ......profit."

A younger one who had been sitting on the side without making a sound said: "Ladies and gentlemen, in my opinion, it is better to find some benefits first, and then say, now it is all benefits in the north, and you have to take care of your majesty, another day, you will also have to play a certain role, find some benefits for me in the south, hehe, Your Majesty has silver ......, as for what is nothing, I think, not necessarily, Your Majesty is a smart person, such a thing that shakes the country's foundation, Your Majesty will not do it, not to mention that now there is a famine inside, there is a strong enemy outside, Your Majesty is so smart, how can you do such a foolish thing?" ”

"Hmph...... you are here with the mud, in other days, when that one is full-fledged, it will definitely cause a catastrophe, so I will put the words down first." After saying that, the old man left in a rage.

There was silence in the teahouse, this topic was obviously quite dangerous, although the suppression of the imperial power, the restriction of the imperial power and their scholars have been doing it, and the battle with the imperial power has not stopped, and has repeatedly gained the upper hand, but the situation is far less complicated than the current emperor, and many people have complex and contradictory feelings.

As soon as the emperor came to power, he made frequent moves, and what he did was beyond the understanding of too many people, and he pulled back a Ming Dynasty with the taste of the end of the world. Judging from the current situation, he still has a slight upper hand, at least he killed the méng ancients enough, these actions, each of which requires a large amount of silver, this emperor basically solved it himself, and by the way, many people made a lot of money from it. In terms of the affairs of the imperial court, this one is not very careful, and many things are directly handed over to these courtiers to do, without even the slightest question, so it seems that this emperor is also an emperor who is relatively easy to get along with, not a calculating emperor, and he is quite comfortable doing things under him. But now, the emperor's actions have become more and more obvious, although not necessarily in that direction, but, in short, someone has already smelled the danger. The struggle between the imperial power and the scholars has never stopped. ,

All kinds of circumstances make the people in this teahouse have their own thoughts.

"Hmph...... Master Li is right, you all blinded your eyes for that little profit, and you don't want to think about what Your Majesty wants to do today, hmph, I'm afraid that many people have bought a lot of stocks, waiting for the stock to rise...... hmph, farewell......" Another official present said goodbye.

There was silence again in the teahouse.

"Actually, Your Majesty is still very good at talking, and it may not be as terrifying as Lord Li and Lord Zhang, hehe, now the new army is not under the control of Sun Zhisheng, such as Man Gui, Zhao Shujiao and other fierce generals still have to listen to Sun Zhizhi? The immigration is not such a big matter as Xu Zixian, but the immigration officers are all the inmates of this year's Enke Jinshi and the Guozijian...... Guanwai and Donglu are facing each other, isn't it Yuan Ziru? Most of the DPRK and China are not in your final say? In my opinion, you don't need to panic too much...... but make things out of control......" The man leaning against the window laughed.

The few people who remained, some nodded, and some remained noncommittal.

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Zhenjiang Fort.

Mao Wenlong was convening his generals to sort out the results, sum up experience, and discuss the size of the credit.

"Staff Officer Zhang, please talk about today's results and losses first." Mao Wenlong said.

"Obey, Dashuai, today, my Zhenjiang Fort estimates that I will kill more than two thousand enemies, but the actual number of people obtained is not much, only three or four hundred human heads...... and seven cannons of the Tartars have been destroyed......"

“…… Our Zhenjiang Fort wounded thousands of brothers, killed four or five hundred, and suffered considerable losses, mainly because the losses on that section of the remnant wall were too serious, and in addition, nearly 10,000 grenades, cannons, and gunpowder were consumed...... Some other knives, shields, bows and arrows are not counted......" Zhang Heng introduced calmly.

"Well, today's battle, thanks to the desperate fighting of all departments, especially the remnant of the wall, it shows the spirit of my Dongjiang man, die, but also pull the Tartar to die together, I Mao Wenlong wants this kind of ............ who is not afraid of death, in addition, thanks to the decisiveness of Staff Officer Zhang, let Ben Shuai give up the two remnants of the wall in time, and did not continue to add troops, otherwise, there will be more casualties and ...... brothers, this time, thanks to Staff Officer Zhang...... "Mao Wenlong praised.

"The marshal has won the award, it is the duty of the lower officials to give advice to the marshal, and the lower officials also have mistakes and shortcomings, and they have not been able to knock out the cannons of the Tartars, which has led to the collapse of the walls of my Zhenjiang Fort for a long time, which has led to the death and injury of so many brothers, and the lower officials are also responsible......" Zhang Heng has always been obsessed with this in his heart, his own cannon is more powerful than the Tartar, and his own gunner is more elite than the Tartar, but in this battle of life and death, it did not play its due role, Actually let the Tartar's cannon collapse the city wall of Zhenjiang Fort safely and steadily, and left smoothly, this is simply unforgivable, Zhang Heng is quite self-blaming.

The generals were silent, and everyone had a shot in their hearts that Zhang Heng could not be blamed for this matter, but only that the Tartars were too powerful and dared to pull the cannon so close.

After half a ring, seeing that no one was talking, a veteran officer suddenly said: "Lord Zhang, the pit dug by the Tartars has also been seen, it is indeed a good way to defend against our firearms, and it is indeed difficult for ordinary firearms to penetrate the groove. It only takes a few cannons to fire huā shells, and hitting them around the trench is enough to make the Tartar's cannon unable to fire......" A veteran saw that Zhang Heng seemed to be very concerned about this matter, and his mood was not high, and out of gratitude, he brought up something he had heard before.

"Open huā bullet? Really? Zhang Heng asked in surprise, why the Tartar cannon is difficult to knock out, the reason is that the trench, the Tartar cannon first crossed the city wall, so that Zhenjiang Fort could not fire directly at the trench, so that most of the cannon could only hit the mound of soil above the trench, or jump away, or sink into the soil, so the results of the battle were not seen for a long time. If there is a huā bomb, a few cannons will blow up the trench and blow up the cannon, with such a sharp weapon, how can Zhang Heng not be surprised

"Indeed, Lord Zhang, I remember that the name of this huā bomb seems to be called the thunderbolt artillery, it is said that the cannonball is cast with pig iron, and it is filled with one, two or three liters of gunpowder, which is fired with a cannon, and explodes when it hits, and its power is quite great, and it is a sharp weapon for attacking cities and breaking walls." The veteran said. ,

"Really" Zhang Heng stood up excitedly, now his shells are all solid, it is quite difficult to hit this kind of cannon with cover, if there is one that can explode, the power of the cannon is much greater, and it is quite easy to hit the cannons with cover like the Tartars.

"My lord, I've only heard of the lowly position, but I haven't seen it, but there should be, maybe there will be someone in the War Bureau who understands ......," the veteran said.

"Okay, thank you General Huang, this time, you have helped a lot, in the future, you will be called Tartar good-looking, and avenge the brothers who died today......" Zhang Heng's heart was over, I don't know how happy he was, since this veteran can be named, it will be easy to do, with the huā bomb, it is not difficult to deal with the Tartar cannon.

As he was talking, a small school suddenly shouted outside: "Report ......" and hurried in.

When Mao Wenlong heard this shout, he immediately stood up, it wasn't a big incident, and the captains who gave the order would not be so nervous.

"What?" Mao Wenlong shouted.

"Back to the commander, the Tartars are digging trenches in a big way...... the captain of the herald said loudly.

"Digging trenches on a rampage?" Mao Wenlong asked in surprise, digging a few pits can make Zhenjiang Fort suffer a big loss, digging trenches wantonly ......, what ......

"Let's go, go up to the city wall...... Mao Wenlong was unequivocal and immediately took the lead and rushed out.

On the city wall, there are already many soldiers watching, pointing and pointing from time to time, and without clairvoyance, you can also clearly see the scene of the Tartars digging trenches in the distance.

Mao Wenlong looked at the scene of the Tartars digging a trench in the distance in surprise, this is really a large-scale digging, and the people who dig the trench are afraid that there are no less than 10,000.

Mao Wenlong pulled out the clairvoyant mirror and observed it carefully.

After a while, he said: "The Tartars are indeed digging trenches...... what a despicable means," Mao Wenlong said.

Personally entourage, the generals were all very angry.

"Dashuai, this Tartar is shameless, he has done the thing of a ground mouse, where is there such a pit in the war?" A subordinate general said angrily.

Mao Wenlong didn't speak for a long time, thinking about the impact of digging a trench on his Zhenjiang Fort.

"It must be that the Tartars are afraid of our Franco, afraid of our grenades, and think that they have dug a pit and can hide in it without coming out......"

"Dashuai, don't the Tartars want to dig a tunnel to put gunpowder under our Zhenjiang Fort?" A general's face changed dramatically.

Mao Wenlong's face instantly became extremely bad.

"Dashuai, it's okay, the Tartar move, the lower officials have their own way to deal with it, Dashuai doesn't have to worry." Zhang Heng watched the scene of the Tartars digging a trench, but he already had a plan in his heart.

Mao Wenlong's face got better, he had too few people in Zhenjiang Fort, and he relied on the grenade as a sharp weapon to defend the city, so he dared to be a Tartar in Zhenjiang Fort, if the Tartar came down from the ground, it would be really a trouble.